Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand additionally progressed to the second round after claiming a 16-21 21-19 21-17 win over Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto in an all-Indian opening match in ladies’s doubles. Photo: X/@BAI_Media
Star Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty superior to the second round of French Open Super 750 badminton event with a hard-fought win towards Malaysia’s Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi right here on Tuesday.
Satwik and Chirag, ranked world no. 1, had claimed the title in 2022. The Asian Games champions made a advantageous begin to the event by outwitting the world no. 12 Malaysian mixture 21-13 24-22 in 47 minutes for his or her fifth win in final eight conferences.
Satwik and Chirag, who completed second finest of their final three tournaments, will face one other Malaysian pair of Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee within the subsequent round.
World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen got here from behind to eke out a 15-21 21-15 21-3 win over Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama in his opening round fixture.
The unseeded Indian will tackle third seed Li Shen Feng within the pre-quarterfinal.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand additionally progressed to the second round after claiming a 16-21 21-19 21-17 win over Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto in an all-Indian opening match in ladies’s doubles.
The two pairs are combating to qualify for the Paris Olympics. While Tanisha-Ashwini are ranked eleventh, Treesa-Gayatri are positioned at 14th spot within the Olympic Games qualification rating.
Treesa and Gayatri are in red-hot type, having performed an important position within the Indian ladies’s facet epic win on the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Shah Alam, Malaysia final month.
However, it was curtains for Priyanshu Rajawat who suffered a 8-21 15-21 defeat by the hands of reigning Olympic champion high seed Victor Axelsen.
